The Will Smith-Jaden Smith sci-fi After Earth delivered a decent if not spectacular result, given that it was active in more than 60 markets. The early running total climbed to $48.9m including last weekend’s launch in South Korea.

Sony Pictures International Releasing sources said the overall launch was bigger than debuts in the same territories of Oblivion ($45.1m), The Last Airbender ($42.7m) and Jaden Smith vehicle The Karate Kid ($32.3m).

A ribbon of number one releases was led by Russia on $8.2m from 865, Mexico on $5.3m from 1,561, France on $3.8m from 502 and the UK on $3.5m from 673. Italy generated $2.4m from 442, Brazil $2m from 348, Malaysia a sensational $2m from 180, Germany $1.8m from 626, Indonesia a superb $1.4m from 103 and Taiwan $724,786 from 146.

UPDATE: Tucked in behind After Earth by the most slender of margins was Universal Pictures International’s global smash Fast &Furious 6.

The action thriller surged towards the $400m mark and is on track to cross Fast Five’s $416m final tally by next weekend to become the biggest international film in the franchise after a $43.2m haul from 8,096 theatres in 62 territories propelled the running total to $380.6m.

Combined with the $202.8m North American tally, the global number has reached $583.4m.

The action thriller opened top in Australia on an outstanding $10.7m from 247 that overtook the $9.1m grossed by Ted in summer 2012 to become the studio’s biggest openinng weekend in the territory.

Mexico was the top holdover on $3.1m from 602 for $31.6m after three weekends. Fast 6 has amassed $35.4m in the UK, $32m in Russia, $25.2m in Germany, $20.5m in France and $19m in Brazil to rank as Universal’s biggest result ever in the territory.

The film arrives in Venezuela on June 21, Japan on July 6 and China in July.

Oblivion grossed $2.1m from 5,674 sites in 29 territories and stands at $191.2m. The Tom Cruise sci-fi ranked number two in Japan on $1.6m from 346 for $8.2m after two weekends. The film’s global box office has reached $279.6m.

Universal’s genre release The Purge from producer Jason Blum complemented the number one North American launch with a $932,000 international debut in 447 venues.

The film added $910,000 in the UK from 365 to boost the running total to $3.5m after two weekends and opened in Poland on $90,000 from 83. The Purge arrives this week in Germany and Russia.

UPDATE: The Hangover Part III added a confirmed $34.2m through Warner Bros Pictures International from 8,250 screens in 56 markets to boost the running total to $170.4m.

The comedy trilogy finale stayed number one in its second weekend in Germany on $4.2m from 728 screens for $21.1m and grossed $3.1m in Russia from 1,173 for a $14.6m running total after the same amount of time, exceeding the final gross of the second episode by some 26%.

Part III generated $2.8m from 559 in France to rank number two $10.7m after two weekends, $2.8m from 520 in Brazil to place top on $10.1m and $3m from 590 in Italy where it ranked number one on $13.5m to overtake the lifetime total of its predecessor.

In third weekend holds, Australia added $1.95m from 432 for $18.1m, the UK brought in $1.7m from 630 for $24.6m to rank second and Spain added $1.4m from 401 to rank number one on $4.8m. The film arrives in Japan and Mexico on Jun 28.

The Great Gatsby added $13.8m overall from 5,980 in 60 markets and has reached $143.1m. It opened top in New Zealand on $821,000 from 165 including previews for the biggest launch of a Baz Luhrmann film. The Brazilian debut of $736,000 from 162 also set a new mark for the director.

Gatsby stands at $20.6m in the UK, $15.9m in Russia, $13m in France, $12.9m in Germany, $9.2m in South Korea, $9.1m in Italy and $5.1m in Spain and has surpassed all previous Lurhmann releases in Russia, South Korea and Italy. It opens this week in Japan.

Paramount Pictures International reported that Star Trek Into Darkness stands at $176.4m following a $17.6m weekend from 12,123 locations in 52 territories.

China led the way on $9m for a $42.4m running total, South Korea generated $3.3m for $9.3m and the UK grossed $900,000. The Netherlands was the biggest launch market on $600,000.

GI Joe: Retaliation opened top in Japan on $2.5m from 326 locales and the action title added $2.7m overall from seven territories to reach $243.6m.

UPDATE: Fox International reported that the animation Epic grossed a confirmed $12.7m from 9,693 screens in 60 markets to reach $107.1m. It generated $2.1m in Russia from 2,007 for $11.8m after two weekends and $1.4m in France from 737 for $7.5m after three. A further $1m in the UK from 1,040 in the third weekend boosted the score to $17.2m.

The global tally stands at $1.197bn. Iron Man 3 ranks as the fifth biggest worldwide, seventh biggest international and 17th biggest North American release of all time.

Now You See Me grossed $5.4m from 27 markets in its second weekend of release through Lionsgate International licensees to raise the running total to $10.3m. The mystery has amassed $1.6m from Europe and the Middle East, $1.5m in Latin America and $7.2m from Asia, where it stands at $2.3m in Thailand through Mongkol Cinema and $2m in Taiwan through Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia

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